Houston Home Journal
VOL. LXXIII. No. 34. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 24. 1944 ESTABLISHED 1870
LT. GRANT HONORED
BY KIWANIS CLUB
Lt. Dan L. Grant of Perry,
bomber pilot of the Eighth U. S.
Air Force, was the honor guest
of the Perry Kiwanis club Tues
day at its luncheon meeting.
Lt. Grant, a member of the
390th Somber Group, has been
on 33 bombing missions over
fortress Europe. He is spending
a 30-day furlough with his foster
parents, Dr, and Mrs. H. P.
Dobbins.
In a speech to the Kiwanis
club, Lt. Grant reviewed aerial
warfare in the European area,
stating that it was offensive in
operation and defensive in na
ture when begun two years ago.
Last December was begun the
aerial offense to knock out the
German air force and spots es
sential to the war effort, such as
railroads, industries, munitions,
etc, the speaker said.
Plans for D-day and experi
ences on this fateful day were
told by this 28 year old pilot who
went on three missions on D-day
and on other missions following
that day.
This is the'first war in which
the air force has been used as a
major weapon, the lieutenant
said. The fighting in this war
is made up of teamwork between
the airmen and th e ground
forces, he stated.
In conclusion, Lt. Grant ex
pressed gratitude to the people at
home for backing up the boys at
the front and touched upon post
war problems.
“We must understand other
peoples and have a family of na
tions, if we expect to have world
peace,” Lt. Grant concluded as
he advised strongly against isola
tionism.
Lt. Grant wears the Presiden
tial citation with an Oak Leaf
Cluster, given to his group for
the bombing of Schwienfurt and
Regensburg, as well as the Air
Medal with four Oak Leaf Clus
ters, the Distinguished Flying
Cross, and the Soldier’s Medal.
The Soldier’s Medal was
awarded for his attempt to save
the life of a brother officer, who
was trapped when fire swept a
room for the storing of flares.
On D-day, Lt. Grant flew with
his uncle, Col. E. W. Napier, of
Hawkinsviile, commanding of
ficer of a B-24 group, recently
arrived in England and making
his first combat mission over
enemy territory.
Guests at Club
Other guests at the Kiwanis
club Tuesday were Lt. Willard
Stembridge, U. S. Marine Air
Corps, Sam N. Hodges of Atlan
ta; Mrs. H. P. Dobbins, Mrs. E.
P. Staples, Mrs. John L.Hodges,
and Miss House, of Atlanta,
cousin of Lt. Grant,
E. P. Staples, president, pre
sided and Sam A. Nunn present
ed the honor guest and speaker.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS
ATLANTA, Ga. —Examina-
tions are tentatively planned to
be held the latter part of Sep
tember by the State Merit Sys
tem for approximately thirty
four classes of positions with the
State and County Departments
of Public Health and Welfare,
the Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation, the United States
Employment Service for Geor
gia, and the State Merit System,
announces Edwin L. Swain, di
rector.
Salaries range from $230 to
$95, and cover such positions as
clerks, typists, stenographers,
business machine operators, tele
phone operators, nurses, health
engineers, sanitarians, laboratory •
and X-ray technicians, and;
others. i
“Applications must be filed by]
September 13, 1944, or post
marked not later than this date, ”|
advises Mr. Swain.
All qualified persons are urged
to secure information and appli- 1
cation blanks now from any lo
cal County Health or Welfare;
Department, United States Em
ployment Service Office, or write
the State Merit System, State
Highway Building, Atlanta 3,
Georgia.
The 13,000,000 dependents of
Persons in the armed forces have
r(, ceived more than $5,000,000,-
WO in the past 25 months.
I SOFTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
jj ByG. F. NUNN
I Probably the fastest all-round
play of the year was exhibited at
the local softball court Sunday as
the four teams played three
; games that sparkled all the way
through. In the first game, the
Owls, rejuvenated by the return
; of Mgr. Skellie and son, Walter,
1 to the lineup, pasted the fading
Parrots 6-5 in 11 innings and ex
tended their winning streak to
three games and the Parrots’
losing streak to five. It seemed
to be a day of streaks as the
Hawks had a seven game win
ning ride snapped in the second
game of a double header with
the Eagles, who at the same
time terminated a three game
slump. The Parrots drew first
blood in their game with a run in
the first on two errors, a walk
and a sacrifice. W. Skellie put
the Owls ahead in the third with
a lusty double driving in three
runs. Watts then smashed out a
homer for the Parrots to tie the
score and so it remained until
the eleventh, when Talton, first
up for the Owls, singled, ad
vanced to second on a passed
ball, to third on an infield out,
and scored on Mgr. Skellie’s long
fly to left center for the ball
game.
The first game of the double
header between the Hawks and
Eagles was a case of too much
Wilson, as he shut out the Eagles
2-0. Each team garnered four
hits and the fielding was fast
and accurate. The winners runs
,came in the third when Whipple
Jr. walked to open the inning,
was pushed around to third on a
long double by Lasseter, and
then as Pitcher Beckham at
tempted to walk Staples, he
slipped one in too close and it
was a clean hit to score both
runners. The Eagles turned the
tables in the second game and
bounded back for a flashy 3-1
victory after finally getting the
range of the fancy pitching they
looked at all the afternoon. Mas
see’s slashing hit through the
box scoring two runners was the
payoff blow, and Beckham had
all the runs he needed —coasting
in the rest of the way for the
win.
The Hawks now lead the rest
of the teams in the second half
race, having won 7 and lost only
3, while their nearest competi
tors, the Eagles, have only an
even break in ten games. The
third place Parrots dropped be
low the .500 mark for the first
time since opening day, and
though they exerted every ef
fort and exploited Mgr. Gray’s
bank roll by coming out in fancy
new' blue and gray caps, they
failed to break the jinx that has
been riding them. Most im
proved team seems to be the-
Ow'ls, who with Pitcher Hardy
shelved for the duration and
Mgr. Skellie out for two Sun
days are now sporting their
longest win streak of the season.
Hard play will give way to
healthy appetites on Thursday
evening, Aug. 31, when the
whole league, including every!
player, manager, umpire, andl
director, and their wives or
sweethearts (not both), will en
joy a barbecue at Houston Lake
as guests of the president and
managers. /
Next Sunday finds the same
teams battling again as the
j Hawks and Eagles open with a!
single game and the Owls and
Parrots follow with a double
header. Vacations being about
over and the teams having set
tied down for the home stretch
drive, improved play should be
the rule from now on out. Pick j
out your favorite and come sup-|
port him. i
j I
|r. e. brown promoted
! ROBINS FIELD, Ga.-Robe r
1 Edwin Brown, Perry, Ga., awa I
i worker with Warner Robins Ai j
Service Command, has been pro i
imoted to property and supply
| clerk here.
Mr. Brown attended the Uni
versity of Georgia, Athens, re
ceiving his A, B. degree there
and before coming to Robins
Field he was engaged in the
practice of law at Perry.
He was accepted for training
here June 21, 1943 and is assign
ed to the supply division. u
CHARLES A. STAIR TORERT A. McCORD
ATLANTA, August 19 —(Special)—After a career in which he helped
raise more than $700,000,000 for this nation’s war financing efforts,
Charles A. Stair, chairman of the Georgia War Finance Committee, has
resigned effective September Ist and will be succeeded by Robert A.
McCord, well known investment banker and business man.
Mr. Stair, retired vice president and treasurer of the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company, has served as chairman of the
Georgia committee since its organization in August, 1943, upon consoli
dation of the Victory Loan Committee, which handled the Second War
Loan, and the work of the War Savings Staff.
Mr. McCord accepted the post upon invitation of Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau after Washington treasury headquarter*
had announced that Mr. Stair had requested that he be relieved of hi*
duties after successful completion of the recent Fifth War Loan.
Mr. Stair and his family intend to move to New Orleans, where he
formerly lived and where he still has extensive business interests.
Announcement of this change in leadership was made at a meeting
here which was attended by chairmen of all the 16 treasury districts in
Georgia, including:
M. M. Monroe, Waycross; A. M. Harris, Brunswick; R. H. Glgnll
liant, Savannah; Elbert P. Peabody, Augusta; T. Hamp McGobony,
Greensboro; Robert V. Watterson, Athens; Frank Garbrels, Clarkes
vllle; Roy Lytle, Rome; Ely R. Callaway, LaGrange; Jack B. Key, Co
lumbus; M. W. Tift, Albany: O. W. Kincaid. Moultrie; J. P. Etheridge,
Perry; Miller R. Bell, Milledgeville; Dr. W. G. Lee, Macon, and Charles
J. Currie, Atlanta.
During Stair’s administration, the Third, Fourth and Fifth War
Loans have been conducted to successful completion. During the year
of his service, more than $163,000,000 in “E” bonds have been sold; over
$48,8001000 in “F” and “G" bonds, and other federal, war-financing se
curities which bring the total to over $700,000,000.
Mr. McCord retired January 1, 1944, as general partner In the New
York Stock Exchange firm of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane.
Before moving to Atlanta in 1930, he was engaged in the banking and
automobile business in Macon.
The new chairman paid high tribute to Mr. Stair, Mrs. Ralph Butler,
the state woman’s chairman, the district and county chairmen and the
thousands of other volunteer workers for the outstanding accomplish
ments made under their leadership.
“It is our duty on the home front.” he said, “to fight this financial
battle until the last gun has been fired and our boys have returned
home.”
Why Farmers Should Buy
and Keep War Bonds S|L
BUILDING financial reserves,
paying off debts, helping to
fight dangerous inflation, and pa
triotism, are all good reasons why
farmers should buy and hold War
Bonds.
A good financial reserve is an
important part of sound farm
management. War Bonds are safe
investments and are almost as
, liquid as cash. Thus, they com
prise an excellent financial re
serve for unexpected needs and
emergencies. After the last war
prices fell rapidly, as they have
after every major war, and thou
sands of American farmers lost
their farms because they could not
weather the economic storm. No
other factor is more essential for
continued satisfactory farm opera
i tions, through good years and bad,
than adequate financial reserves.
In addition to unexpected needs
for emergencies, farmers need
adequate reserves to finance re
pairs, replacements and improve
ments around the farm. Difficul
ties in obtaining needed materials
and labor for these expenditures
cause farm buildings and equip
ment to wear out faster during
the war period than in peacetime.
! If farmers can wait until some
time after the war ends to make
these repairs and Improvements,
their dollars should go farther than
they will immediately following
the war, and better quality ma
terials will probably be available.
Moreover, too rapid or forced
I cashing of War Bonds immediate
| ly after the war could create a
serious situation and contribute to
j post-war inflation. Also, holding
I Bonds to maturity makes it possi
{ ble for the farmer to increase his
investment by one-fourth through
accumulated interest. Still anoth
er reason for having a good re
: serve in the form of War Bonds is
that funds will be available for
J the boys when they return, to as
sist them in getting established in
peacetime pursuits.
Many farmers still have
long-term mortgage debt out
! standing against their proper
eesi ai 4U
Noted astronomers did their best
work between the ages of 40 and
44, according to researchers.
Producing Cellulose
German capitalists are showing
Interest in producing cellulose from
cornstalks.
ty. Investment in War Bonds
now makes it possible for the
farmer to help finance the war
and at the same time accumu
late the funds which will en
able him to liquidate his debt
in a lump sum after the war.
Systematic purchase of War
Bonds furnishes a very orderly
and sure way of accumulating
the necessary funds for liqui
dation of debt that requires
large lump sums for settle
ment.
The extremely heavy expendi
tures required to carry on modern
total war creates high purchasing
power, which combined with short- !
ages of materials and labor, cause
serious inflationary threats. Most
farmers can remember the very
high prices which occurred during
the last war and the very low
prices and depression which fol
lowed. With the present scale of
operations much greater than dur
ing the first war, it is imperative
that widespread inflation in gener
al prices and in land be prevent
ed. Using surplus funds to pur
chase War Bonds helps reduce in
flationary pressure in commodity
markets and, at the same time,
helps finance the war.
Building financial reserves, pay
ing off debts and fighting inflation,
comprise adequate reasons for
buying War Bonds. However,
there is still another major reason
why farmers should invest in War
Bonds until it hurts and this is the
patriotic reason. We are engaged
in a very serious struggle to pre
serve democracy and our way of
life. The sooner we can win this
war the fewer lives of our sons
qnd daughters will be lost. Our
youth are making great sacrifices
on the battlefronts all over the
world, and it is up to each one of
us on the homefront to give all we
have. Large sums of money are
needed for winning the war and if
we will all buy War Bonds to the
limit of our resources voluntarily,
we can help finish the war at an
early date.
U. S. Treasury Department
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First Blood Bank
Hospital blood banks were started
in this country in 1935 at the Cook
County hospital in Chicago.
Seventy-six Letters
There are 76 letters in the Siamese
alphabet, and words are written
right to left, with no spaces between
them, __
RATIONING INFORMATION
Fuel Oil
Renewal applications for next
season’s fuel oil rations have
been mailed. As soon as cou
pons are received, fuel oil tanks
sh< ud be filled. Period 4 and 5
coupons for current season good
until Sept. 30. Period 1 coupons
for next year now valid.
Canning Sugar
Sugar Stamp No. 40 good for
five pounds of canning sugar un
til February 28, 1945. Apply at
local board for supplemental ra
tions.
Meats and Fats
Red AB, thru Z 8 and A5 thru
D 5 (Book 4) valid at 10 points
each, for use with tokens, in
definite period.
Processed Foods
Blue A8 through F 5 (Book 4)
valid indefinitely at 10 points
each, for use with tokens.
Sugar
Sugar Stamps Nos. 30, 31, and
32 in Book 4 good for five pounds
each indefinitely. No. 33 be
comes valid for 5 lbs. of Sugar
Sept. 1.
Gasoline
No, 10 coupons in “A” books
expire Aug. 8.
Rationing rules now require
that every car owner write his
license number and state in ad
vance on all gasoline coupons in
his possession.
Shoes
Stamps 1 and 2 on “airplane”
sheet in Book 3 valid for one pair
each indefinitely.
COLORED 4-H CLUB MEMBERS
ATTEND STATE SHORT COURSE
Ten colored 4-H club members
representing six communities in
Peach and Houston counties at
tended t h e State 4-H Short
Course held at Ga. State Col
lege, Savannah during the week
of August 6—12.
$25.00 in cash was awarded to
Fred Latimore of Kings Chapel
community for outstanding re
sults done during the past four
years in project work, namely,
beef calf, corn, pig and peanuts.
J. W. Glaring of Mt. Zion 14th
community won 2nd prifceof $2.00
in poultry judging. Mary Emma
Latimore and Mollie Johnson
won Ist prize in table setting.
Martha Phelps won third prize
in essay contest. Jessie Phelps
and Minnie Lee Adkin won 3rd
prize in yeast bread making con
test. Rosa Lee Beard won 2nd
prize in dress making contest.
These buys and girls took ac
tive part in all the programs,
which consisted of demonstra
tions and lectures in Food Pro
duction and Conservation —can-
ning of fruits and vegetables,
table setting, field crops, live
stock, grading eggs, painting,
-culling poultry, sewing, judging
live stock, recreation, health and
many other valuable and worth
while projects.
The negro county agents are
proud of the work that is being
done by 4-H club and adult club
members of Peach and Houston
counties where they work.
SCHOOL NOTICE
Perry Consolidated School will
open Monday, Sept. 11, at 9 a.m.
All juniors and seniors and first
grade pupils are urged to regis
ter Sept. 8 between 9a. m. and
1 p. m. in their respective class
rooms. All teachers will be in
their rooms on Sept. 8 and text
books will be issued during the
registration period.
Lt. Dan Grant will speak to
the students on opening day.
The public is invited to attend.
E. P. Staples, Supt.
CORP. LOGUE CITED
FOR MARKSMANSHIP
Pfc. Charlie W. Logue has
been promoted to corporal at
Camp Pinedale, Calif, and cited
for marksman. Corp. Logue has
i been awarded the marksman
: medal for carbine and sub-ma
chine gun. He is in the U. S.
Army Finance Dept, and entered
the army in April 1943. He was
manager of the Citizens Oil Co.
in Perry in civilian life and is
the son of Mrs. R. M. Logue.
LOCAL F.F.A. MEMBER
MAKES FINE RECORD
Richard Ogletree, president of
> the local F. F. A. chapter, was
> elected first vice-president of the
1 Georgia Association of Future
i Farmers at the State F. F. A,
convention held at Lake Jackson
last week.
Richard has made quite a rec
ord while enrolled in Vocational
. Agriculture at Perry High school.
■ He served as vice-president of
the Perry chapter when in the
ninth grade. He showed the
county champion in the Fat Cat
i tie show in 1943 and the reserve
s champion in 1944. Richard won
■ first place in Southwest Georgia
in a Food for Victory contest last
year. He was elected president
of the local chapter in May to
, serve for one year.
At present, Richard has two
acres of peanuts, two acres of
corn, a brood sow and litter and
I two beef calves.
* Local delegates to the State
Convention were Richard Ogle
tree and John Teal Lewis, secre
tary of the Perry chapter.
1 SAVE THE BEST IN ALL
It is but natural that American
doctors should oppose Federal
socialization of medicine. They
have seen such systems curb in
centive and progress in the med
ical field in other nations, and re
move the personal relationship
between doctor and patient, leav
ing in its stead an official system
as impersonal as medical exami
nations at Army induction cen
ters, If that’s what this nation
wants, socialized medicine will
fill the bill. But the people
should remember that it is not
the doctors, but Mr, and Mrs.
John Jones who will be the
losers.
In seeking a practical method
for voluntary pre-payment of
medical costs to meet prolonged
or serious illness, the public must
not be misled by alluring prom
ises of “free medicine” at the
hands of the state. There can,
however, be the fullest coopera
tion between Federal and local
governments, industry, the peo
ple and the medical profession,
to extend voluntary methods of
health insurance without the
regimentation and compulsion
that inevitably follows socialized
medicine.
Government can help solve
such problems as malnutrition,
bad housing, and the inadequacy
of Federal, state and municipal
health programs. One of the le
gitimate functions of govern
ment is to seek ways and means
to correct social and economic
conditions which cause disease,
and which all the health insur
ance in the world will not
remedy.
Therefore, let us retain the
great advantages of private med
icine but add to them the bene
fits that will accrue from the co
operation of government and in
dustry in eliminating causes of
illness, as well as providing easy
and economical methods of pay
ing for it.—lndustrial News Re
view.
METHODISIJINNOUNCEMENTS
Church School-10:15 a. m.
Young People's Service, 7:00
p. m.
Rev. J. E. Sampley, Pastor.
BAPTIST ANNOUNCEMENT!)
Sunday School, 10:15 a. m.
Morning Worship Service 11:30.
Training Union, 7:00 p. m.
Evening Worship 8:00 p. m.
Prayer Service Wednesday,
8:00 p. m.
Rev. J. A. Ivey, Pastor.
Mrs. J. P. Stalnaker and Miss
Hattie Laura Stalnaker have re
turned to their home at Warner
Robins after spending several
days at Lenoir and Blowing
Rock, N. C.
Synthetic rubber as now pro
duced is only about 50 percent as
efficient as natural rubber in
truck tires and 85 percent as ef
ficient as natural rubber in cars.
